Santa Rosa

Flags were at half-staff at the Santa Rosa Police Department after Detective Marylou Armer died of complications from the coronavirus.

A 20-year veteran of the Santa Rosa Police Department died from complications of the new coronavirus on Tuesday. 

In just a few days, 700 people, organized via a Facebook group, have sewn 250 cloth masks.

Three Santa Rosa police officers have tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus and six other employees are self-quarantined, Santa Rosa Police Chief Ray Navarro said Tuesday afternoon.

The person had recently come back from another cruise ship that left San Francisco and was in Mexico. That person has been in Sonoma County for the last 10 days.

The fire was reported about 5:30 a.m. at a home in the 1200 block of Jacky Drive, according to the Santa Rosa Fire Department

He was last seen in the area of Monroe street and Pacific Ave in Santa Rosa.

Elijio Garfia, 24, of Cotati, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a controlled substance, according to the Santa Rosa Police Department.

The city is holding four community planning workshops starting 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday at the DeTurk Barn at 819 Donahue St. 

Santa Rosa police announced the arrest on Friday of two suspects who attacked three men during a melee at Transit Mall on 2nd Street Tuesday night. 

Kent Porter won the 'West Regional Clip Contest Photographer of the Year" in 2019. 

Karl Walburg of Santa Rosa was booked into the Sonoma County Jail on suspicion of being a felon possessing a firearm, negligent discharge of a firearm, brandishing a firearm and vandalism after police had to search neighborhoods along Sebastopol Road near the SMART train-Northwestern Pacific railroad crossing, police said.

Police said Angelo Julien Lammoglia, 19, walked away from his home where he lives with a caregiver sometime between 11:30 p.m. and midnight on Friday.

A new homeless camp is attracting attention in Santa Rosa, only a few miles from the one that was forcibly cleared just a week ago. 

Whether by accident or anger, homeless camp moving day started with a tent fire, a tent that was not occupied. When day came, many had already left, setting out for parts unknown, but likely to be far more secluded as in a creek bed or the woods.

A fire broke out at a homeless encampment along the Joe Rodota Trail in Santa Rosa that's expected to be cleared out Friday.